Ozark Chinquapin Seeds

These seeds came in from the Ozark Chinquapin Foundation earlier in the year. One is instructed to keep them in a bag in the fridge in lightly moist loose soil media, taking it out and aerating / stirring every week as the roots emerge. Here the roots are barely peeking out. In spring after frost they can be planted with precautions including a tree tube and a mesh staked into the ground. They are very high in protein so wildlife tend to devour them.

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Barbarian sketches 001

For D&D presently I’m borrowing from this older, more arctic design I never really got to play at length. A Moby Dick Queequeg type orc. Large, tattooed beefcake carrying a harpoon / spear.

The present campaign is very pirate-themed. This new character Iosefa is a fisherman from an island fishing village, aiming for the Queequeg inspiration again. It’s 5th Edition and we started characters at Level 3 so I needed to pick a Barbarian variant from the player’s manual to play and I wanted him to have good swimming abilities so he’s Totem of the Orca and can can ritual spellcast for unencumbered movement in water, breathing underwater, etc. More importantly the aim is to channel that yacht body-slamming energy. DM was feeling out an Aquaman vibe and a Roman gladiator retiarius aesthetic, so he also has a net and a magic conch.

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